Rocking-horse.



S. PONGO.

ROCKING HORSE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE'I, 1011i ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

WIT/V5853? w I 0pm.,

of New York provide UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

sIG-MUND PONGO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ROCKING-HORSE.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, SIoMuNn Pena-o, a subjeet of the King of Hungary,and resident of the city of New York, in the county and State of N ewYork, have invented certain new and useful Im )rovements in Rocking-lIorses, of which the t'oL lowing is i. specification.

The present irn'ent'ion relates to an :n'nuso- 10 meat device, and moreparticularly to that class in Whieh the user is supported and earried ona body in sinmlation ot' a horse or other animal.

()ne of the objects of the invention is to a. simple support for aholiby-lterse, or other similar device, in combination with an etlicientmotor operatedmechanism for imparting rocking motion to said support andthe device carried thereby.

Another objeet of the invention is to pro do. an innin'oved sup mrt otthe character described which will hold the body ot the ln'ihby-horse,or other similar device, in a substantially horizontalposition duringthe roelcing movement.

liVith these and. other objects in view, which will appear as the natureot the invention is better understood, the same eonsists in thecombimititm, arrangement and construction, ot? parts hereina'l'tcr tullydescribed, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaeemupanying draw ings, it being understood that many changes may bemade in the size and pro 'iortion ot the several parts and minor detailsot eonstruetion without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any oithe advantages ot the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which 2 Figure l is a side elevation,partly in seetion, of the invention complete, and Fi is a frontelevation of a detail of ermstruotion.

allel rods 5 5 and 5 5 res )GCt-lVtl Y whieh support a body made insimulation of a horse, although it Will be easily seen that theSpecification of Letters Patent.

-Application filed June 7, 1911. Serial No. 631.781.

mechanism may a s well be adapted to any other animal form or sent. Thelower ends of the rods 5 and 5 are provided with eyes, in managementwith cross rods (3, (l, which are fixedly attarhed to a base 7, thelatter being secured to the floor by screws 8, 8, or otherwise. in thebase are provided recesses t), t), which will permit of an oscillatingmotion of the rods 5 and 5 upon the transverse rods (1, t5, which latternet as pivots for said rods. The upper ends ol the rods and 5. whichproject a eonsiderable distance above the platform 1, are pivoted at it)and 10', respectively. to lugs ll. and ll, whirh are fastened to thebody portions of the hobby'horses l2 and 1;

Oscillating motion is imparted to the supporting rods 5 and 5" from arotary shaft 13, which is journaled in ubeariug l1, and has keyed orotherwise attarhed thereto eranlts l5 and 15, the eranlt pins .16 and 16of whieh are engaged by connecting rods 17 and 17', respectively, theother ends of which are pivotally attaehed at 18 and 18', respectively.to one of the pair of eonneeting rods 5 and Ti. resperlively. Rotarymotion is imparted to the shal't 13 from a motor it), for instant-r aneleelric motor. A pulley 20 is mounted upon the shalt of this motor, andoi'er this pulley runs a belt ll, engaging also a pulley 32, whichlatter is keyed, or otherwise secured to the shaft .13.

The base 7 is provided upon its ends with upwardly extending projections22 .223, which earry thereon inclined pins Q-l, J-l, upon which areshil'lably arranged perforated plates 25, Between these, plates and theprojections are loeuted springs 26, it; for a purpose to be described.

it will be observed that the supporting rods 5' and i) must be arrangedat a distance from each other \vhieh would allow two riders to oreupythe hobby-horses l2 and 12 without interfering with each other as thesaid hobby-horses are being rocked. Fur thermore it should be observed.that, while herein only twohorses have been shown, it is obvious that alarge number of the same could be arranged in a row, and driven from asingle rotary driving shaft.

The operation of the device is as follows: The riders mountthe horsesone after the other, when the said horses are brought as near aspossible to the plane of the platform .1. The motor 19 is then started,whereby rotary motion will be imparted to Patepted Dec. 19, 1911..

. be observed that the horses will move one behind the other. Moreparticularly, if one is in its lowermost position, the other will be inits highest position. As one of the horses reaches its lowermostposition, one of its supporting rods will compress the springs 26 abovedecribed, whereby shocks and jars will be prevented, and, on the otherhand, the backward movement of the horses facilitated and aided.

It is to be noted that the horses will always remain in theirsubstantially hori-- and 5 project a considerable distance above theplane of the platform 1. If the horses were not kept in horizontalpositions, the riders might be thrown from the same in the rockingmovement.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a base,of two parallel supporting bars pivoted thereto, a body made insimulation of an animal pivotally attached to the upper ends of saidsupporting bars, a rotary shaft, a crank keyed to said shaft, and aconnecting rod between said crank and one of said supporting bars,piubistantially as and for the purpose speci- 2. In a device of thecharacter described, the combination witha base, of two parallelsupporting bars pivoted thereto, a body made in simulation of an animalattached by two independent pivots to the upper ends of said supportingbars, a rotary shaft, a

crank keyed to said shaft, and a connecting rod between said crank andone of said supporting bars, substantially as and for the purposespecified,

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a base,of two parallel supporting bars pivoted thereto, a body made insimulation of an animal pivotally attached to the upper ends of saidsupporting bars, a rotary shaft, a crank keyed to' said shaft, aconnecting rod between said crank and one of said supporting bars,;whereby said supporting bars and the body attached thereto are rocked,and resilient means upon said base adapted to be com pressed by saidbars when the latter reach their outer positions in both directions,substantially as and for the purpose specified. 4. In a device of thecharacter described,

the combination with a base, of two parallel supporting bars pivotedthereto, a body made in simultation of an'animal attached by twoindependent pivots to' the upper ends 7 of said supporting bars, arotary shaft,- a

crank keyed to said shaft, a connecting rod between said crank and oneof said supporting bars, whereby said supporting bars and the bodyattached thereto are rocked, and

resilient means upon said base adapted to be compressed by said barswhen the latter reach their outer positions in botlrdirec

